good morning. two for two. mitt romney cruises to victory in new hampshire's presidential primary with a strong showing among the state's most conservative voters. this morning, all of his rivals vow to stay in the race. is that good news or bad for the gop front-runner? we'll ask him when he joins us. motive -- greed? a man under arrest charged with murdering a florida doctor and his wife in one of tampa's most exclusive neighborhoods. the suspect worked for the couple. and buried. an alaska town with 15 feet of snow and another storm on the way. residents there put out an urgent call for shovels today, residents there put out an urgent call for shovels today, wednesday, january 11, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television

good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> i'm ann curry. good morning, everybody. with the victory in new hampshire last night mitt romney become it is first nonincumbent candidate to win there and the iowa caucuses. >> we'll get to the results now. romney took home 39% of the vote. ron paul in second with 23%. jon huntsman bet a lot on new hampshire and finished third with 17%. newt gingrich, rick santorum and rick perry rounded out the field. romney sounded like a man ready to take on president obama in the general election. we'll talk about that straight ahead. >> lots to get to there. also ahead, the search is on for

a man who forced a 73-year-old grandmother to walk into a bank in arkansas wearing what she thought was an ankle bomb. she was told the only way to keep it from going off was to empty out her account. she survived and we'll hear from her this morning. >> later on, more of the one on one interview with ricky gervais. what was he like as a child? how does he define success and what does he say to people who are offended by his jokes? his answers, a little bit later on. >> should be interesting. we begin with mitt romney's decisive victory in the new hampshire gop primary. savannah guthrie is in manchester for us this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann. new hampshire may be known for upending conventional wisdom but there were no surprises here this time. despite a convincing win for mitt romney, the first in the nation primary didn't narrow the field. the rest of the five candidates are hanging on today hoping to get traction down south when south carolina votes ten days from now.

>> thank you, new hampshire! tonight we made history. [ cheers ] >> reporter: clinching the historic one-two sweep of early states, mitt romney unveiled a tough new attack on president obama. >> this president has enacted job-killing regulations. i will eliminate them. he lost our aaa credit rating, i will restore it. he passed obamacare. i'll repeal it. my highest priority as president is worrying about your job, not saving my own. >> reporter: romney scolded his republican rivals who in the final days of the race here savaged him as a job-killing corporate villain. >> president obama wants to put free enterprise on trial. in the last few days we have seen desperate republicans join forces with him. [ booing ] >> this is such a mistake for our party. >> reporter: finishing second to romney -- >> we are nibbling at his heels. [ cheers ]

>> reporter: ron paul taunted nay sayers dismissing his candidacy. >> i have to chuckle when they describe you and me as being dangerous! [ cheers ] >> we are dangerous to the status quo of this country. we're in the hunt. >> reporter: jon huntsman tried to put the best face on a disappointing finish. >> i'd say third place is a ticket to ride, ladies and gentlemen. >> reporter: he skipped iowa to campaign exclusively in new hampshire. >> hello, south carolina! >> reporter: but argues he can go on. balting for fourth place, newt gingrich and rick santorum gave duelling speeches. rick santorum acknowledging his iowa momentum couldn't propel him past romney's huge advantages here. >> for someone who wants to think this race could be over in one or two states, states that have been the backyard and the home of a certain candidate, we have an opportunity to be the

true conservative. >> this campaign is going to go on. >> reporter: gingrich, with an ever sharper attack against romney, argued he's the one who can take on the president. >> i believe it will take someone who is capable of debating barack obama face to face, delivering the conservative message, winning the argument in order to overcome his billion dollar machine. i will do everything i can to win the opportunity to represent you this fall in debating and then defeating barack obama. thank you, good luck and god bless. >> reporter: rick perry, the texas governor skipped new hampshire and has been in south carolina. he says the race is still wide open. he's been ripping romney for what he calls vulture capitalism. there is a staggering amount of money spent in the last few days with huge amounts of tv time and the next states devote mitt

romney made about $6 million in ad buys in south carolina and florida and the super pac packing newt gingrich is spending more than $3 million on ads in south carolina. matt? >> savannah guthrie, thank you very much. mitt romney is with us now from manchester, new hampshire. governor, good morning and congratulations. >> thank you, matt. >> you know, the analysts are saying this morning, governor, that thing went about as well as they could have gone for you in new hampshire. you won by double digits. ron paul came in second which was a lot better for your campaign than any of the other candidates coming in second. you won early in the evening so you got to make a big speech during the prime hours of coverage, and a lot of conservatives seemed to warm up to you. as many as 42% of the people who voted and labeled themselves as conservative. what else did i leave out? >> i'll tell you, it was a great start, matt. there's no question. but with a slim victory in iowa

compounded with a big victory in new hampshire, i have a good start. i have an uphill climb in south carolina ahead of me. it could not have worked better last night. that was as big a gift as the people of new hampshire could give us. >> how about this? is it a bigger plus that after disappointing finishes, none of your gop rivals is dropping out of the race. so there will be no consolidation of support around one other conservative candidate. they are going to continue to split the vote. isn't that a huge plus for your campaign? >> well, you're probably right. the more candidates there are, perhaps the better at this stage. but i take what's given to me, and i was pleased that in new hampshire, as you indicated, the people who call themselves conservative or very conservative supported me by a pretty solid majority. >> while the other candidates haven't united around one candida candidate, they have seemed to unite around a way to attack you. that is that they are going after your record as a

businessman, as a venture capitalist, your time as ceo of bane capital. they are using words like predator, raider and vulture. you said last night, quote, some desperate republicans, end quote, were attacking the notion of success itself. you said, quote, this is such a mistake for our party and our nation, the country already has a leader who divides us with the bitter politics of envy. do you think some of your opponents have unwittingly turned their backs on the conservative principles that have put them in this position in the first place by attacking the free enterprise system? >> i think you're absolutely right, matt. i think it's something we expected to come from president obama. we didn't expect that newt gingrich and rick perry would become the witnesses for his prosecution, if you will. i don't think it's helped them. for them to be attacking free enterprise and suggest that people should have a limit to how much they can make in their success is something which the democrats have been talking

about for years. >> is so they are turning their back on core republican principles for their own political ambition? >> well, think they think it will be an effective way to garner support. so far it's proven that hasn't worked. >> let me ask you about the choice of words last night when you said with we already have a leader who divides us with the bitter politics of envy. i'm curious about the word envy. did you suggest that anyone who questions the policies and practices of wall street and financial institutions, anyone who has questions about the distribution of wealth and power in this country is envious? is it about jealousy or fairness? >> you know, i think it's about envy. i think it's about class warfare. when you have a president encouraging the idea of dividing america based on 99% versus 1% and those people who have been most successful are in the 1% you have opened up a wave of approach in this country which is entirely i consistent with

the concept of one nation under god. i believe in the final analysis, the american people with will reject it. >> aren't there questions about the distribution of wealth without it being seen as envy? >> i think it's fine to talk about those things in quiet rooms and tax policy and the like. but the president made it part of his campaign rally. everywhere he goes we hear him talking about millionaires, billionaires, executives and wall street. it's an envy-oriented, attack-oriented approach and i think it will fail. >> let's look at math for a second. it's impossible for any candidate to secure the nomination until april. if your opponents continue these kinds of withering attacks against you, can you survive until april without entering the general election as a dangerously wounded candidate? >> well, i actually think, matt,

if you can't handle the relatively modest heat coming from republican candidates now you would be in trouble going up against president obama and his decision to put aside the federal campaign election figures and instead put in $1 billion of attack effort. look, i have to be able to handle this or i won't be able to handle president obama. this is a good warm-up. >> governor mitt romney who had a big day in new hampshire tuesday. thanks for joining us. >> thanks, matt. good to be with with you. >> now here's ann. >> all right, matt. thank you. david gregory is moderator of "meet the press" and chuck todd is the political director and white house correspondent. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> you don't completely agree on the takeaway of mitt romney's win in new hampshire. before we get to that let's talk about the numbers. what percentage of conservatives have they favored romney in new hampshire. why are conservatives already moving towards mitt romney, chuck? >> well, i would be careful

here. the person that identifies themselves as conservative in new hampshire is different from the conservative in south carolina or florida. when you split that conservative vote in half and the very conservative vote, again, that's where romney was neck and neck with rick santorum inside the exit polls. so i would just take it with a grain of salt because the conservative voter. half the electorate in new hampshire would call themselves moderate or liberal. you won't see that, number one. number two, the person who describes thems as conservative in new hampshire isn't conservative. they describe themselves as moderate on social issues. >> interesting, chuck, thank you. david, i understand you believe romney is moving ahead with a huge head of steam. i will let you make your cases. david? >> we're arguing different sides of the coin. if you sat mitt romney down

before the campaign and said, you know, governor romney you have to do several things to get the nomination. uh you have to win in iowa, check. you have to win in new hampshire and you have to win big. he's done that as well. you have to prevail over the conservative alternative. he's doing that because there is no conservative alternative. the field is still splintered. and you have to win the electability vote in iowa and new hampshire that was the most important factor, ann. mitt romney comes out ahead in both states. >> all right, chuck. >> david's right. we're making the same argument. i would say we haven't seen mitt romney win yet. conservatives put him over the top. it was a place where the conservative vote is dominated. that's the south carolina and florida. there is no doubt he did exactly what he wanted out of here in new hampshire. with but this was home turf. i had somebody tweet me. it's as if this is a best of five series.

mitt romney is up two games to none, but now it's all road trips. south carolina and florida, when it comes to that. let's see how he does there and see what happens when he has a sustained attack of negative ads on tv. that hasn't happened yet. that will happen in south carolina. what happens when conservatives do consolidate, if they do? >> that's right. he's called what happened so far modest heat. we'll see what happens next with south carolina looming. david gregory, chuck todd, always a pleasure. >> thank you. >> natalie at the news desk has the headlines of the morning. good morning. >> good morning, matt and ann. good morning, everyone. we begin with violence in tehran overnight as an iranian university professor working on a key nuclear facility there was killed in a targeted bombing. nbc's al irgs aruzzi has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. an iranian scientist worked in a key nuclear facility and was killed this morning.

tehran said it is part of a widening campaign by the west aimed at crippling their nuclear program. he was a director of the natanz nuclear facility in iran and was killed when two assailants on motorcycles attached magnetic bombs to his car. this morning's attack bore the same hallmarks as previous attacks. iran says israel and the united states are behind the attacks and iran's nuclear path is irreversible. natalie? >> thank you. the u.s. has fired its first drone strike into pakistan since november, killing four people. there was an unofficial lull in the unmanned air strikes following a drone that killed pakistani troops. the first lady is launching a new effort for medical care for veterans. michelle obama announces a

hundred medical schools are pledging to treat veterans with post traumatic stress disorder and other brain injuries. the 30-year-old mystery of natalie wood's death isn't getting clearer. police say despite a recent surge of detective work on the case authorities haven't uncovered new evidence that the death was a homicide. the case, however, is not closed. wood died in 1981 at the age of 43 when she drowned off catalina island. she was on her yacht with her husband and a friend. mandy drury, good morning. >> good morning. stocks are sitting around five-month highs but they are not the only things going up now. you may notice as you were sitting down and drinking your orange juice that it's been costing you more. o.j. prices are hitting record highs as fears of fewer imports from brazil are adding to the freeze in florida and the ceo of

fannie mae will step down. pressure to eliminate or transform fannie mae and freddie mac to try to reduce taxpayer losses. in fact, both come bagpiped cost taxpayers over $150 billion so far. p back to you. >> all right. thank you. what do you give to the monarch who has everything? here's your answer. as the british royals released the list of official gifts for 2011, some are strange. for will and kate gifts included a teddy bear from the british ambassador's office, a carved sockeye salmon, matching cowboy hats from calgary and one we can't figure out, caribou antler snow goggles. for prince charles and camilla there was a camel saddle, zulu spears and shields and a warthog figurine. very interesting. back to ann, matt and al. of course the jewels, crystal

and silver, too. >> right. they don't make the list because they're not fun. >> pumba from "the lion king". >> mr. roker, what's going on? >> we'reooking at a lot of wet weather coming up out of the south where we have a risk of strong storms, heavy rain. the low pressure is going to lift up to the north and east. that's going to be bringing rain as it reaches colder air. it will bring a frozen mix of precipitation and snow into new england. snowfall amounts up to the north. we're talking one to two inches. rainfall. flood watches in the southeast. one to three inches of rain. we'll look at the lake effect snows in the next hour. >> good morning. clouds are building in. most of the rain holding off until the afternoon. temperatures are looking

and that's your latest weather. matt? >> now to the decency debate at the u.s. supreme court. major networks, including nbc, are challenging the fcc's policy of hitting them with big fines of broadcasting bad language and nudity. pete williams has the latest. hi, pete. >> reporter: matt, good morning. most of the television programs that come into american homes are unregulated including what's on the cable networks and the internet. but the government does police what's shown by the traditional broadcasters. they claim that rule no longer makes sense. when abc stations briefly showed parts of a nude woman in a 2003 episode of the police drama

"nypd blue" the fcc slapped them and the network with a huge fine. the government started punishing broadcasters for letting even a single four-letter word slip by during live shows. >> i was really, really [ bleep ] brilliant. really, really great. [ laughter ] >> reporter: it's been more aggressive in patrolling for the fleeting expletives like this one from cher. >> i have had critics in the last 40 years saying i was on my way out every year. right. so [ bleep ] you. >> reporter: from another awards show nicole richie. >> have you ever tried to get cat [ bleep ] out of a prada purse? it's not so [ bleep ] simple. >> reporter: cbs and the government are still fighting over a fine after the janet jackson wardrobe malfunction at the super bowl. the government and its defenders say the indecency rules are justified because broadcast tv

reaches so many homes that are so easy for children to watch. >> people believe network television should be cleaner than cable and they make choices in that regard. >> reporter: but some say the assumptions about broadcasting's reach are no longer true with the explosion of other choices. they say treating them differently violates their rights of free expression. >> the time has come to treat broadcast tv on an equal footing with the rest of media. the same first amendment rights out to apply. >> reporter: some members of the supreme court seem sympathetic, the networks can't tell what's indecent and what isn't. she noted the fcc allowed the broadcasts of "saving private ryan" and "schindler's list" which include nudity and profanity. judging from tuesday's argument here the court doesn't seem likely to stop the fcc's policing of broadcasters, but it

may require clearer rules from now on about what's allowed into the home. matt? >> pete williams at the supreme court this morning. thank you, as always. just ahead, a surprising arrest in connection with the murders of a wealthy couple in an up scale tampa neighborhood. details in the case. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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in baltimore. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. here's a look at our top stories this morning. here's a look at the general assembly session in annapolis today. along with discussing various budget shortfalls, legislators plan to take up the issues of legally recognizing a same-sex marriage as well as the construction of windfarms off the coast of ocean city. the governor says the most important issue remains job creation. here is sarah caldwell and traffic pulse 11. >> if you problems, but many of them have been cleared. this one is wrapped up on the outer loop approaching security. 11 miles per hour approaching

795 on the outer loop all the way on the west side. slow go out of owings mills. tapping the brakes on the j.f.x. much of that due to an earlier accident. 95 southbound is looking at speeds of around 23 miles per hour. disabled people taking up a lane. if you travel along hines road in elder road, watch for an exit -- watch for an accident. no real delays here. everything looks good towards the area of padonia. we will switch over to a live view of traffic at security. things are moving a lot better now that the accident is out at the left lane. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ava has a check on the forecast. >> our next storm system is moving in from the south. this rain it mainly arriving in

the afternoon. earlier on, you will see increasing clouds, rain in most likely after 1:00 p.m. it becomes heavy at times during the late afternoon and evening hours. it will warm up tonight. temperatures rising to the upper 40's tonight, 50 tomorrow. showers possible early tomorrow morning. then the cold front passes by late thursday into friday. look at the temperatures. upper 40's to

7:30 now on this wednesday morning, the 11th day of january, 2012. take a look at that picture. spectacular view from the top of the rock. it is a perfect morning in the northeast. lots of sun, not too cold, just right we hope for the folks out in rockefeller plaza. glad they decided to join us for our 60th anniversary week. inside studio 1a i'm ann curry alongside matt lauer. just ahead we have a compelling story about a grandmother's ordeal. we'll hear from the 73-year-old woman who was kidnapped, forced to where what she thought was a bomb into a bank and forced to take out money. we'll get the latest on the story. >> how many times have you heard people say breakfast is the most

important meal of the day? david zinczenko says that may not be true if you begin the day with certain cereals. ahead, options to popular brands including one that has the same amount of sugar in it as eight feet of fruit roll-up. >> soi can't eat the cocoa pops anymore. and this video shows a russell brand taking off his ring before he filed for divorce from katy perry. we'll take about that coming up this morning. >> we will begin with an arrest made in connection with the brutal murderes of a florida doctor and his wife. kerry sanders has details on the story. hi, kerry. >> reporter: good morning. detectives say it was an inside job. the sheriff says dr. hector rivera and his wife deborah, 55

years old, were allegedly murdered by her personal assistant. why? greed. investigators were puzzled. who could have gone over the eight foot walls unnoticed and penetrated the around the clock security in avila. now they say it was an inside job. dr. hector rivera and his wife were allegedly murdered by her personal assistant. 31-year-old julian ospina flores is charged in the murders. the motive? investigators say it was all about money. deborah rivera ran a part-time jewelry business and it is believed flores targeted them after he drove her home from a recent jewelry buying trip. investigators say ospina flores tried to cover up the alleged role, dialling 911 himself and claiming he, too, had been a victim. >> during an interview with the defendant he stated he was attacked by an unknown male inside the residence and that he had been bound and forced into a

bathroom. no signs of forced entry were ever noticed within the residence or the vehicles at the scene. >> reporter: deputies called to the scene found dr. hector rivera dead in the driveway. they believe he was at a neighbor's home watching the college championship game when he stopped home to see his wife and happened upon the jewelry heist. dr. rivera was shot repeatedly. his wife deborah, also shot several time, was found dead in the bathroom in their home. >> there was no question his intent was to make sure nobody survived the attack. >> reporter: avila is home to the one percenters, current and former residents include baseball superstars derek jeter, fred mcgrif, former baseball player and manager lou pinella, tony dungy and john grudin. the neighborhood transformed to a crime scene where friends are at a loss to make sense of the

brutality. >> my heart went to my stomach. i was in disbelief. we had one of the fund-raisers at avila and security to do that was intense. i mean, we had to have the names and information about every person coming in to it. i can't fathom. i'm still in shock over it. >> reporter: deputies say there were several calls to 911, including one from the suspect where he tries to sound like he, too, is a victim. ospina flores is expected in court this morning. matt? >> kerry sanders in tampa this morning with a disturbing story. thank you very much. let's get a check of the weather now from mr. roker. >> thanks so much, matt and ann. we'll see big changes in temperatures through the plains. yesterday rapid city was at 61. front moves through, boom. look at the temperatures drop. 18 today in casper. 23 rapid city. by this evening denver will be

24. temperatures 20 to 40 degrees colder than usual. look at the temperatures. teens and 20s in the plains. 0 through 20 through new england. temperatures in the 60s and 70s through the gulf coast. >> increasing clouds today as a storm system is on the way. rain could be heavy at times. temperatures will hold in the mid 40' that's your latest weather. you can always go to weather channel on cable or weather.com online. ann? >> al, thank you. now we are hearing from the 73-year-old victim of a fright b bing -- frightening and unusual

attempted bank robbery. thanh truong joins us from fay jetville, arkansas. good morning. >> reporter: investigators are searching for the man who strapped what he said was a bomb to a 73-year-old grandmother. he forced her to go inside the bank and demand he she come out bringing cash. that 73-year-old betty davis being led out of the arvest bank. police removed what she was told was a bomb attached to her ankle. >> it was a very scary situation. >> reporter: davis told investigators the ordeal started monday when a man knocked on the door of her house claiming to be injured. >> i went to the door and the man -- you know, he was out there and he told me that he was hurt. i did a foolish thing and i went out the door. >> open the door and say, let me call someone for you. he got up and grabbed her. >> reporter: davis said the

suspect tied her up and eventually strapped what he said was a bomb to her ankle, flashing what he said was a detonator. investigators say he ambushed davis's husband herbert when he came home. using duct tape he bound herbert to a chair, the elderly couple helpless with an armed suspect. >> he tied my grandmother up but he just wanted money. he made her go with him to the bank. >> reporter: with the sinister device attached to her ankle davis said she was forced to drive ten miles to the bank and withdraw money from her account. >> she would extract money and they would both be released unharmed. >> reporter: davis walked in around 10:30 monday morning. once inside she revealed to bank workers that she had a bomb. the bank was evacuated as davis waited for help. by the time the police and bomb squad arrived and detached the device the kidnapper was wrong. >> their world has been disrupted by this person and

that's a shame. >> we're fine. >> everyone's okay. that's all you can pray for. >> reporter: investigators say they believe davis's story. when they went to the house they found her husband bound to the chair but he was okay. authorities say it turns out the device was not explosive. as for the suspect they are still searching for the him. ann? >> ton thohanh truong this morn thank you. coming up, healthier alternatives for the breakfast table. ap ale jacks makes the list. also, more of matt's interview with ricky gervais. first, these messages. [ sniffling ] [ male announcer ] all stuffed up?

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♪ i like cereal >> i didn't know there was a song like that. we're back at 7:41 on eat this, not that. america's favorite breakfast. if you are digging into a bowl now, pay attention. not all cereals are created equal. david zinczenko is author of the new "eat this not that supermarket survival guide." good to see you. >> great to see you. >> breakfast is the most important meal of the day and people do go for cereal for convenience but you have to be careful of choices. >> 40% of people don't eat breakfast at all which is a problem. breakfast eaters have less body fat than people who skip it. but you have to choose wisely or breakfast will break you. >> some of the information is going to surprise people. let's start with general mills oatmeal crisp hearty raisin. oatmeal in the name sounds good. >> it's the health halo effect. i call it candy.

it has 25 grams of shugarsugar. oats are fiber-rich, but the cereal has five times more sugar than fiber. we recommend a two to one ratio. >> it has the same amount of sugar as -- >> 87 cinnamon teddy grahams. yum. >> i'm no nutritionists, but this is a bad thing? >> you may want to stay away from that or just eat 30. go with the cinnamon burst cheerios. 170 calories. you get the same amount of fiber without the sugar load. cinnamon is shown to reduce blood sugar levels, stabilize them and promote heart health. >> don't send me any, but i like the honey nut cheerios. >> more sugar, but they're good. >> honey smacks from kellogg's have been around a long time. how do they rate? >> read the ingredients and smack your head.

it's 26 grams of sugar. it ends up the sugar equivalent of eight and a half feet of fruit roll-ups. that's the stinger that comes with this honey. you want to get the kellogg's apple jacks. >> not the honey smacks but the apple jacks. >> jumping jacks, apple jacks. 160 calories. you eliminate a third of the sugar. much better choice in the morning. >> gluten-free, very popular these days. this is maple buckwheat flakes. what's in the bowl. i'm sorry, here. >> gluten-free is a marketing buzz word, matt. gluten-free doesn't mean it won't turn you into gluten free willy. you have 230 calories. >> that was a long way to go for that. >> sorry. 11 grams of sugar. the calorie equivalent is seven cups of popcorn -- butter

popcorn. >> gluten free alternative, you like this. >> puffed corn. 120 calories, 60% fewer calories and you end up with without the sugar load. >> we'll end on kashi. you look at the commercials. you think kashi, healthy. >> in most cases it is. but there are cases where, like with granola. this is a hippy food that goes to your hips. people eat a cup of it. next thing you know it's 500 calories with all the sugary clusters. it ends up the equivalent of 69 swedish fish for breakfast. go with the go lean crunch. >> and you will go with the go lean crunch. i can tell you that. >> all right! go with the go lean crunch so you don't have to go lean against the wall until the sugar rush passes.

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welcome to cordova, population 2,200 where residents have been pummelled by nearly 18 feet of snow. >> i would love some help. >> reporter: jeff bailey can barely see his home. >> i have to tunnel into the front door. >> reporter: others found their way to social media giving the outside world a glimpse of what they are living through. >> oh, my god. beth's roof just went. >> reporter: the massive snows triggered avalanches in a state used to ice and snow. this is different. the mayor declaring a disaster. dozens of national guard troops arriving to help. 700 miles away -- >> as soon as we get out of the critical range i'll tell you. >> reporter: help could not come soon enough for a russian fuel tanker on a resupply mission. the coast guard trying to provide assistance but with shifting ice up to three feet thick the operation at times comes to a halt and even they aren't sure if the tanker will make it to nome. >> we have been working,

assisting them if they get stuck and escorting them. >> reporter: back in cordova, residents are bracing for another one to two feet of snow as they await a tool for the ultimate shovel-ready project. >> eight to ten buildings have been damaged or destroyed from the weight of the snow. >> wow. >> it's amazing with technology. in the old days they would have needed -- to help them. >> we have a severe winter and many areas are having a mild winter. i have people saying, we're not going to get snow. maybe a little bit. >> that's optimistic. >> everybody's stressed out about whether this is global warming. should we be stressed out? >> i don't think so. but there is some concern. climate change. let's call it that. >> whatever the heck it is, it isn't over yet. >> just ahead, ricky gervais on why he says he can defend every joke he's ever told.

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>> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. time for a check of the morning commute. here is sarah caldwell and traffic pulse 11. >> plenty of delays. jam packed ride to the construction zone on the inner loop from the key bridge to curtis creek drawbridge. all lanes are closed. southbound 295 at the beltway, getting word of an accident. have the lights on the west side. -- heavy delays on the west side. a slow go on the j.f.x. southbound. this is backing up inner loop traffic prior to the j.f.x. westminster, route 27, liberty road and george street, watch for an accident.

if you travel in a high road and all the road, accident still clearing. four miles per hour out of the northeast. watch for an accident and essex at creston avenue. delays on the inner and outer loop on the northeast corner. quick live look at traffic. we will update you in the white marsh area. tapping the brakes with all of that volume-related towards the 895 split. live view of sandy point, we are looking at a nice ride despite a disabled vehicle we're getting reports of eastbound on the bay bridge. ava has a check on your forecast. >> clouds are increasing from the south and west ahead of the next storm system. real rate in west virginia and southern ohio. sleep outside of richmond. this is mostly going to be arraigned event. temperatures in the mid-forties. major temperature swings in the seven-day forecast.

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happy 60th birthday "today" show. >> i have loved every moment. >> i remember watching joe garagiola with my mother. >> dave garroway. >> as dave said, peace. >> good morning. it's the 11th day of january 2012. our thanks to tom hanks, eddie murphy, sheryl crow, maroon 5 and tony bennett as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of today. we'll keep the celebration rolling in a little bit. >> that's right. >> we'll meet two of the original staffers who helped create the "today" show 60 years ago. >> one is a graphic designer. another was one of the executives. boy, they have stories. we'll hear about it. also coming up, we address a question that may inflame

emotions in a lot of moms. is it ever okay to lie to your children? there is a new survey done by "parenting" magazine that found 85% of moms admit to lying under certain circumstances. >> lyingfibbing i? big or little lies. >> we'll get to that. >> also more with ricky gervais. he'll talk about his childhood, how he feels about the label some attach to him which is -- genius. and why he has absolutely no idea if he's going to offend anyone with his jokes this weekend. >> he has no idea? come on. of course he knows. >> he didn't think anything he said last year was offensive. >> okay. >> there you go. when you were walking in london did you boost a car? >> convenience store. >> a couple of criminals walking down the street. let's get inside to natalie at the news desk looking pretty. >> aw, thanks so much.

good morning. despite mitt romney's big win in new hampshire all the presidential candidates say they will stay in the race. romney got the double digit victory he was expecting in the first in the nation primary. ron paul came in second. jon huntsman finished a disappointing third. now to south carolina for the next primary in ten days. prisoners at guantanamo bay are marking the detention camp's tenth anniversary today with sit-ins and hunger strikes. it was created in cuba to hold terror suspects after the 9/11 attacks. it still holds 171 inmates. president obama pledged to close guantanamo bay within a year of taking office. the ntsb is investigating a close call between two jets at chicago's midway airport last month. officials say a southwest airlines 737 had landed on the taxiway when a private jet nearly collided with it. >> a jet was taking off.

we had to hit the breaks. >> nobody was injured. casey anthony says the internet posting of her private video diaries was the work of a computer hacker. nbc's mark potter has more. >> i just pierced my nose last night. >> reporter: casey anthony said she's not happy that her video diaries are now on the internet. a second video from anthony emerged where this time she has red hair and shows off new piercings. anthony claims this and another video were meant to be private and complains in her monthly probation report that someone tampered with her computer saying, my computer was recently hacked, private videos that were recorded. in the same report a probation official writes, offender upset that videos have been downloaded to youtube. >> not guilty.

>> reporter: after being tried and found not guilty in the death of her daughter caylee, casey anthony is serving a one-year probation in florida for passing bad checks. in the first video diary anthony said she hopes to shorten her probation and leave the state. her attorney on fox says the thoughts on the videos were never meant to be shared. >> i think a person who is in a situation like casey just wants to have some way of expressing themselves. >> reporter: he said no one should read into what anthony says on the videos which were supposed to be personal. for "today," mark potter, nbc news, miami. >> now for a look at what's trending today, our quick round-up of what has you talking online. tick-tock, the doomsday clock. it's been moved forward by a minute, leaving it at just five minutes until midnight.

a youtube video of russell brand removing his wedding ring is going viral. it was posted six weeks before brand filed for divorce from katy perry as a he was embarking on a tour of u.s. colleges. >> i'm going to learn firsthand about sororities and place this somewhere very, very safe for the next week. >> reporter: that video was shot two weeks after the couple's first wedding anniversary. and she smells so nice is a top search on yahoo. ♪ >> reporter: the title of the song, the first new single from the doors in more than 40 years. it was discovered while reviewing the l.a. woman recording session tapes ahead of the classic album's re-release. it will be a big hit, no doubt. 8:05 now. back outside to al with a check of the weather. hey, al. >> thanks, natalie. "today" show turning 60 and this

young lady turning 60. what's your name? >> susan fleish. >> well, happy birthday. and ashlee is 6. happy birthday. how are you? >> good! >> all right. let's check your weather. our pick city of the day happens to be milwaukee. tmj, nbc 4. sunny and mild. getting ready for the packers game this weekend. midwest snow. the low pressure system will be causing lake-effect snow bringing winds across the great lakes. snowfall amounts from peoria to milwaukee, 6 to 9 inches. not normally a big deal, but in a season where we have not seen a lot of snow, five inches in chicago will almost double the amount they have gotten so far >> good morning.

clouds are building in. most of the rain holding off until the afternoon. temperatures are looking you want to wish your wife a happy birthday? >> i do. happy birthday, jessica. i love uh you. i'll be home soon. >> all right. that's a good present, jess. ann? >> coming up next, how exactly does ricky gervais define "offensive"? we'll find out. first, these messages. ng my fac. but sometimes i wonder... what's left behind? [ female announcer ] purifying facial cleanser from neutrogena® naturals. developed with dermatologists... it's clinically proven to remove 99% of dirt and toxins and purify pores.

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we're back at 8:10 with more of our exclusive interview with ricky gervaise as he prepares to host the golden globes this coming weekend. what was he like as a child? how does he define "offensive"? we talked about that and more recently in london. >> one thing that can't be bought is a golden globe -- officially. >> reporter: as hollywood's a-list gathered to honor its own ricky gervaise turned the golden globes awards show on its head. >> honestly, i like a drink as much as the next man. unless the next man is mel gibson. >> reporter: that was 2010. a mere year later he accepted

his first golden globes for creating and starring in the original british version of "the office." >> we used to run the world before you. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the series spawned the hit u.s. version starring steve carell and earned gervais and carell fame, fortune and a permanent place on the red carpet. it was a turnaround for the would be pop singer who struggled in the 1980s. suddenly gervais had it all. success at the age of 40. you said you were a late bloomer. you had success at 40 and started to think, i don't have much time left. why put anything out at that stage of my career that's not really good? >> well, i was hooked on the pursuit of excellence as opposed to just getting by. i realize now that the hard work is the reward. that sounds like some sort of born again evangelist sort of worker, but i mean it. >> reporter: success led to more

success. though he probably could have rested on his comedy laurels he minced no words, even about the people who paid the bills. >> next up, eva longoria has the daunting task of introducing the president of the hollywood foreign press. that's nothing! i just had to help him off the toilet and pop his teeth in. >> reporter: his blistering performance at the 2011 golden globe awards even drew jeers from peers. >> like many of you, we recall back when ricky was a slightly chubby but very kind comedian. >> yeah. neither of which is he now. >> reporter: now, time for round three. what's it like to be in your shoes now? >> winston churchill said if you find a job you really love you will never work again. that's what it feels like. it's not like i'm a soldier or digging holes or building walls. i mean, what am i doing? i'm coming up with jokes and annoying people? i'd be doing that anyway.

>> there are some lines. >> there are, but it's how you deal with it. one, i think offense is taken, not given. some people are offended by a quality. some people are offended by mixed marriage, homosexuality. what are we going to do? stop those things? >> you said a comedian should be as funny as he or she can be and be able to sleep at night and you defend every joke you have told. >> i'm not a comedian who says, oh, it was a joke. comedy is your conscience taking a day off. mine doesn't take a day off. some people are just offended. you really can't worry about them. you know whether you have done right or wrong. >> a word that's been used in connection with you in a number of articles is you're a genius. >> i used it! >> i have heard people call you a genius. how do you feel about the term? >> i just think medicine lost another genius to hbo.

>> you don't feel as if you are a genius? >> i did a radio show once in america. the guy on before me isolated a particular gene on the double helix structure of dna. then i came on and i went, i've got to compete with this guy and i created a sit-com. the producer said, yeah, two. i said, yeah, i win. >> did you always feel smarter than the kids around you? >> yeah, but i felt guilty about thinking that. more and more now i realize you should have no pride in being smart or being what you are. it's what you do with it. i didn't always work in class at university. everyone was speaking like prince charles. i didn't have any money really until my late 30s. when "the office" broke i felt guilty about it. you know, i was so proud of that. when the check came through it

sort of ruined it a bit. that sounds weird. i got over it. >> you're comfortable with it now? >> i don't want to say i did it for that. i have never done anything for a million pounds i wouldn't do for free. bob dylan said a man can be considered a success if he wakes up in the morning, goes to bed at night and in between did exactly wh hat he wanted. that's success. >> this from your blog, spent the last few days playing around with ideas for my third and final hosting gig at the golden globes. i would say there's nothing offensive in there but i thought that last year. i'm not sure of the rules anymore. >> i didn't think last year was offensive. >> that's a hard way to go into an event, not knowing where the lines are. >> my point is this -- i'm going to do the same as last year. >> nothing for "sex and the city"? i was sure special effects would go to the team that air-brushed that poster. if you think it's offensive, i

don't care. i don't think it is. i don't think anything i said last year was offensive. it will be as offensive as that. >> you can catch ricky gervais sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on nbc. al, natalie and savannah will be life in los angeles monday morning on "today" with a complete wrap-up of the winners, dresses and the after parties. up next, a parent's guide to lying. the new survey revealing how often moms lie to kids and why. right after this.

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from the wolf and everyone's happy? >> that's not the end. >> yuh-huh. that's when my mother shut off the tv and said "the end". >> what about the part where he has rabies. >> he doesn't have rabies. he has babies. that's what my mom said. >> now there is a new survey by "parenting" magazine that reveal as majority of moms lie to their kids and 85% of moms say they do it to get out of social obligations. we have rachel fishman fetorson from parenting.com and jennifer heartstein, a psychologist, joining us. good morning. >> good morning. >> your magazine said you and the team say that telling lies to your family is sometimes, you say, the right thing to do. example? >> well, you know, there is the thing called a little white lie if you are protecting someone's feelings. if you are finessing certain issues that revolve around the magic of childhood, santa, the

easter bunny, the tooth fairy. certain situations require moms to choose their words carefully. >> have you looked at the survey? you did a survey and found 85% of moms admitted to -- in a recent survey they have lied to get out of social obligations. do you find parents lie more regularly than just the items you mentioned like on a daily, weekly, monthly basis? >> for the modern mom, her life is full, the schedule is pa are amount. if you are at the park and you have a toddler who is a limp noodle who went get up it may be easier to say "the park's closing" than to have a discussion about why it's essential to get out now. >> do you want to weigh in on this, jennifer?

how do we expect honest teenagers if we lie to them? >> we were talking before. it's a tough challenge. there are fibs, as we call them. that might allow us to get out of situations, that might help us. what we are saying it 4 we won't say at 14. we want to talk about what the lies give to our children and how they are really going to help them. we do want to protect the fantasy of childhood and there are times we want to do that. we want them to be honest, polite, kind and real. >> i remember the fury of my son when he started to question whether i was lying about santa claus. he was furious about it. you can have difficulty depending on the nature of the child. part of it is on the today moms website we ask about lying. 51% admitted to lying in the past week. the question is they tended to

lie more to children than to their spouses or their friends. in other words, don't kids get it? don't they know? aren't they smarter than we think? >> they see what you do. it's important to set a good example and be a good person. we want to raise good people. you can't do it by not being a good person yourself. like i said, for modern moms with so many preshurs and living life in so many spheres on facebook, twitter, with friends. there are just -- keeping things moving is essential. >> sometimes it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. you can always rebuild the relationship. >> slippery slope. thank you so much for your information this morning. for more head to the today moms blog at today.com. here's matt. >> thank you very much, ann. let's say hi to our friend willard scott. hello.

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simple ingredients -- three to be exact >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. let's get a check on the morning commute with sarah caldwell. >> dealing with delays around big area. if you travel southbound 1295 and 195, another accident location. inner loop jammed up at the key bridge and the curtis creek drawbridge due to the inner loop construction pattern. outer loop two-way traffic pattern slowing folks down. hud backing up traffic on southbound 795. 16 on j.f.x. tapping the brakes and nate inner loop approaching j.f.x..

southbound 95, holding onto delays out of the white marsh area. quick live bag looked at traffic. white marsh area, you can see a slow towards the 895 split. baltimore national pike, west side delays remained in place. ava, over to you. >> we are talking temperatures at freezing, below it, or even above it. 29 at b.w.i. we have 32 right now in parkton. rain is pushing in from the west as our next storm system is on the way. at the onset of the storm, maybe there is some sleet west of baltimore. this is mostly just all rain event. the rain could be heavy at times. it should taper off late tonight into early tomorrow morning. warm, 50's tomorrow. " there are rides on friday with snow showers. >> we will have another update

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8:30 now on a wednesday morning, the 11th day of january 2012. it's a nice morning here in the big apple. the sun looks like it's about to poke out above us. we're excited about that. we have a huge crowd. a really nice crowd here in rockefeller plaza. coming up this morning, we have a big 60th anniversary celebration planned. we'll show you what it looked like in 1952 and this morning

with eel meet two of the original staffers who helped create this broadcast. >> wow. >> also ahead, it smells great in the studio today because martha stewart is here. not only does she smell great. >> of course. >> but she's cooking things that smell great using three of her favorite ingredients today. we are cooking with lemon, parsley and parmesan. >> virtually anything. >> it's usually a jungle here but today, even more so. that's because we've got a baboon, a paythoython, tiger cu and -- who else -- an owl. >> one of the bilggest owls thee is there. >> maybe he'll do our favorite owl dance later. >> we love it. also a big reminder to you. we are looking for the best potpie recipes in the country. if you've got what it takes enter your recipe on our website

today.com. we'll pick our favorites, bring them to new york and bobby flay will put them to the test and crown our winner later this month. >> who doesn't love a pot pie? >> we all love it. >> how about the forecast? >> we have pot pie weather in the northwest. snowshowers there. sunny and cooler in the pacific northwest. rain, heavy at times, in the mid-atlantic states. into tomorrow the rain moves to the northeast with snow in new england. frigid conditions in the plains. cool through texas. plenty of sunshine out west turning much chillier this the pacific northwest into the rockies. >> increasing clouds today as a storm system is on the way. rain could be heavy at times. temperatures will hold in the mid 40's

don't forget. get your weather any time day or night. weather channel on cable or weather.com online. >> coming up, we'll meet two original "today" show staffers. first, this is "today" on nbc.

♪ happy anniversary baby >> well, good morning once again. back at 8:35. this morning on "today" at 60, a full house. we're here to talk about some of the great people who helped create the show. we begin with one man's story. >> few remain who remember the small print in this dream, but we found one sitting in a familiar window.

♪ never thought my heart would be so yearning ♪ ♪ why did i decide to roam >> lou didn't inherit the show. he helped invent it. >> oh, it was frightening. >> reporter: even for a veteran returning from the korean war. >> what about a microphone? >> oh, yeah! >> reporter: the studio was crammed with state of the art -- stuff. and the staff had to learn to strike a balance between the two parts of the show. >> one was news game. the other was show biz. >> reporter: here they are on one of "today's" first road trips in biloxi, minnesota. that's lou. the graphic artist gladly did two jobs. >> when i was a kid, starving artist was one word. >> reporter: back then the television was a heavy piece of furniture in the living room.

most folks were in the kitchen when "today" came on the air. host dave garroway had only one sponsor, kiplinger magazine. >> i can give you this one free. >> he elevated people's curiosity and intelligence. >> reporter: with a barefoot voice. >> you will see the news running over my feet like this. >> reporter: he presided over the first social media, inviting us to peek in the studio window to see ourselves. >> this is a program from america to america. >> reporter: despite that the show almost faded from the small screen. for adults watching television in the morning was considered somewhat decadent. like dessert, tv was consumed after dinner. what changed that was a baby born two months to the day after the show premiered. >> this young philosopher here is a fellow named j. fred muggs. >> reporter: garroway's new

co-host. >> i don't think garroway was found of him? he wasn't disciplined. >> reporter: but kids loved muggs so much they persuaded their parents to leave the kitchen and finally watch the show. >> we call it "today" and two minutes. here it is for the first time. >> reporter: no tv had shown reporters live from the scene of breaking news. >> go ahead, chicago. >> reporter: or watched weather developing in places they didn't live. >> up here it turns to snow, right in here. >> reporter: it introduced them to books they hadn't read. >> this is "a man called peter" by catherine marshall. >> reporter: lawmakers they hadn't met and recipes they ought to try. >> this is a blintz. if you want another we'll call it blintzes. >> you can't have my pencil. you're getting strong. by golly, we finished 50/50. >> reporter: those who laughed last. >> that's a long, slow look.

>> reporter: "today" show may be more high tech than the one lou started. >> i don't see any crayons. >> reporter: but his work is still beautiful. >> it holds up. >> technology changes and things like that, but the art is what counts. >> reporter: from all the folks the cameras seldom show. >> this is all your stuff. >> i can't stand it! >> reporter: the ones who, 60 years ago had the rare gift to see what we all see, but think what no one else has thought. >> that's the way they changed the way america woke up. this morning we have with us lou and 90-year-old mike dan who is one of the original creators of "today." >> good morning. great to have you here. >> lou, let me start with you. what was it like to see the area where the technology has come so far? >> unbelievable.

we have three cameras. one camera was on an ease sell where we did the art work to shoot the limbo. then we had one camera for the window and one for dave garroway. >> you were a kid when you were working on the show. >> yes. >> what were the early days like for you? >> i worked from 12:00 midnight to 8:00 in the morning. show went on at 7:00 a.m. all the work was done at night. the news, all the news was ticking away. and everything had to be done by 5:00 a.m. that was dress rehearsal. >> mike, as an executive for the broadcast when dave garroway was the anchor there was a moment he came to you and said, it's either me or the chimp. did you think about keeping the chimp? >> yeah. i thought about keeping the chimp. i wouldn't care if dave left. >> whoa!

>> because our ratings were quite acceptable, but nothing extraordinary. but when we had the chimp on the show, the ratings actually doubled. now for ratings to double without any promotion, ads or anybody screaming at night, you know, we have the president of the united states on for tomorrow morning, it was extraordinary. so when the chimp came in, he took over. nobody -- there was no script. nobody running around trying to keep the chimp happy, giving him nuts or something like that. he jumped on dave's lap. dave didn't know what to do with him. the monkey would be grabbing him like that. he finally stormed into my office afterwards. he was exhausted. he says, mike, he says, the damn chimp -- you know what he's causing. he said, it's either me or the chimp. i said, dave, don't make me make

that choice. [ laughter ] >> after that, he calmed down. dave was a very somber man. he took everything very serious. >> like al. >> right. >> they feed him a lot of peanuts in between. >> and the director on the set. if you had a complaint he'd like to hear it, but that's all. people felt at ease. he didn't like to interview people. >> he wasn't a people person. >> no, no. >> he wasn't. >> nobody wanted to come in at 5:00 a in the morning. >> that hasn't changed. >> mike, you have to come out of your shell. you do. >> besides the challenges with the chimp and with the personalities, what were some of the bigger challenges the show had early on? >> the biggest single show on the opening day was the fact that we had just taken over the exhibition hall with the building we are uh now in. the biggest problem was first it

was a huge snowstorm. second of all, we were terrified of the fire engines or the police cars outside the window making noise. so i called the mayor's office to please tell him not to come down this street. he told me we didn't have to put the show on the air. so it wasn't difficult. >> do you still watch the show on a daily basis? >> yes, yes. >> good. >> every morning. >> i'm glad to hear that. >> with my coffee, looking at you. when nielsen calls, i say, yes. >> mike and lou, thank you, guys. >> thank you. >> for the legacy you leave behind for all of us. >> it's an honor. >> thank you so much. >> great piece, bob dodson. >> tomorrow, how people were watching the show then and now how they watch it every morning. and we'll have a special piece, all of the anchors you have loved through the years back. >> what about the chimp? >> we'll be right back after

this. this is "today" on nbc. >> let's get another chimp!

this morning on martha on today the power trio of lemon, parsley and parmesan. alone each ingredient adds great flavor. together they bring new personality to your favorite foods. martha has a stack of recipes from this month's issue of "living." nice to see you. >> happy anniversary. >> thank you very much. three of my favorite ingredients. i love lemon, parmesan and i love parsley. >> so do i. >> why are they good together? >> first of all, they are easy to have in the pantry. parsley saves quite a long time in the vegetable drawer, the chr crisper. lemons are in season now. these are meyer lemons and

parmesan stays just about forever. >> you have to be careful with proportion. i have had overly lemony chicken. you have to be careful. >> these are extremely good recipes from martha stewart living. we'll do the lemon parsley chicken first. >> and potatoes. >> this chicken is a nice little broiler, like a three-point chicken. put a lot of parsley in the cavity. then a lot of lemon juice -- you can put the whole half lemon inside. >> do you squeeze it or just let it -- >> it will cook in there. >> it will sweat. >> chopped parsley, salt, pepper and truss the chicken. the reason you truss a chicken is so it cooks evenly, so the wing tips are underneath. you just tie the little drumsticks together just to keep the chicken from splaying out. i like a look of a chicken that's well cooked and well trussed. >> you talk about that with turkeys as well for

thanksgiving. >> olive oil. 425 for 15 minutes and reduce it to 375. it takes oh, an hour and ten minutes. >> let's go to the potatoes. >> put the potatoes -- scatter them around and roast them with salt, pepper and olive oil. this is the sauce that goes over the chicken when it's done. parsley, parmesan cheese -- freshly grated -- a pinch of red pepper. not the whole thing. >> right. >> garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt. mix it all up. when it comes out of the oven, you toss the potatoes in here and decorate the chicken with sauce. now this is an interesting recipe. look at this. this is like a scrambled egg and ham -- >> on a 15-inch baguette. >> you hollow out the baguette. >> some of your recipes, when we deal with bread you like bread that's crustier than fresh. does this work like that? >> this would be a fresh

baguette. take out all the bread. >> scoop it out in the middle. >> five eggs, parmesan cheese, parsley, lemon zest, three tablespoons of whole milk and more of the bread that you just break up. salt and pepper. mix it up and spread the prosciutto in there. >> by the way, i think this is fairly obvious. this is not a recipe you suggest to serve with that. this is a separate recipe. >> no, this is separate. >> wait a second. you're rushing me. >> you're usually rushing me. >> i know the time here. >> put this into 350 degrees preheated oven. doesn't it look great? >> i prefer it after it come out of the 350-degree oven. >> yeah. well, delicious. wait until it puffs. 30 minutes and you have that. >> we don't have time, but can we show this beautiful pasta dish? >> amazing.

>> pasta, lemon and parmesan. >> it's like a pesto. >> martha stewart, nice to have you here. up next, the jungle comes into our studio. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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of the wild. david is a naturalist with the national wildlife federation and has brought some of his animal friends. good morning. >> good morning. this is a baby tiger. a little bengal tiger. he's scratching me a little bit. they have claws. i'll let him walk around. they have pretty impressive claws even at 6 weeks old. this is one of the most endangered species on the planet. there are only 3200 to 3500 left in the wild. >> why? >> mostly because he just wants to climb over there. >> that's okay. >> habitat destruction. they are hunted for traditional medicines. all parts of these guys are used in traditional chinese medicines. there is a big market for that. people can make money. unfortunately people go out and poach these animals. you can pet if you want.

>> how big will he get? >> much bigger. several hundred pounds for an adult male. he's about six weeks old. he has a lot of growing to do. there are more tigers in captivity than in the wild in asia where they live. they need our help. >> he'd like to go home. >> we'll send him home. >> get me out of here! >> you have never seen this kind of animal before. this is a finterong. you may not want to get too close. he may want to sniff your hair. he's from southeast asia. not a type of animal we have in north america. >> get him to look at the camera. he has a wonderful face. >> what's he want to do? >> he wants to sniff my hair. >> he wouldn't care about me. >> they are very olfactory. now she wants the grape. this is olga. check out the giant tail.

one of only two carnivore species with a prehensile tail. they are vulnerable because tropical forests in asia are being cut down for agriculture. >> we won't get close but it smells like popcorn. >> it does. they are very olfactory oriented animals. the natural scent -- >> buttered popcorn. >> it smells good to us. they use it for communication amongst themselves. >> wow. >> caramel corn absolutely. >> the next animal we'll bring out here. >> hey now. >> big guy, too. >> this guy is active. >> did you bring any friendly animals? >> this is a baboon. these are all wild animals. >> look this way. >> want to come up? >> we want to see you on tv.

oh, okay. this baboon is 2 years old. he reaches maturity at 5. he's interested in his fruit here. they are super social. they live in africa. happily they are not endangered. he's a monkey and you have seen them. they are social. they like to groom. there we go. >> it's a male monkey, for sure. >> i don't think we have to point it out, ann. >> he's digging that banana. i'll tell you that right now. >> that's just what monkeys are like. >> that's why they are of least concern. >> he's cool, mellow now. >> yeah, right. [ laughter ] >> all we have to do is get a couple and he's set. >> we should save him for late night. >> right. we have 30 seconds left. >> the biggest animal of all. >> hey now!

>> this is a python. this snake weighs if you want to come in behind. he weighs a hundred pounds. this is a python from southeast asia. he's very soft, not slimy. >> actually, yes. >> we don't know the status of them in the wild. another animal that needs our protection. >> thank you. we're back after this -- we hope. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. baltimore city fire crews responded to a fire just before 4:00 this morning. at least one rowhome caught fire in southeast baltimore. crews were able to get the fire under control quickly.

>> you will notice that the clouds are building ahead of our next storm. at the onset, maybe some sleet mixed in madrid mostly are rain event. temperatures in the mid-forties today. >> we will have another weather update at 9:25.